Liveblogging the Election


We’re hopping on the bandwagon here and liveblogging election night. I’ll be around for most of the evening; Andrew will come around in a few hours and he’ll likely go until most of the polls close.

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Both of the Candidates Will Keep Wasting Our Money

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In response to Andrew’s vehemently anti-Obama invective, let me run some numbers to show the real effect of the candidates’ promised spending plans and tax plans on the national debt.
McCain wants to increase annual spending by $92 billion.
Obama wants to increase annual spending by $293 billion.
(Source: National Taxpayers Union)
McCain’s tax plan (as described in stump [...]

Will Obama Keep Wasting Our Money?

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John McCain pointed out earlier at a speech in Wisconsin, that not only does Senator Obama have a record of looking to increase taxes, he also spends taxpayer money on his own wants. He pointed out for an example, that Obama once spent taxpayer money on a new projector for a Planetarium. So how does [...]

Presidential Debate #2

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Tonight I might be attempting to do a spiffy live blog on the second Presidential Debate (while doing homework and fixing a friend’s computer?). Feel free to join in, it’ll be quite the party.

John McCain Gets BarackRoll’d


John McCain gets BarackRoll’d at the Republican National Convention.
One of the most epic Youtube videos I’ve seen in a while.

The First Presidential Debate!

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As I write this, the debate has just begun. Grab your alcoholic beverage of choice (non-alcoholic, if you’re underage or a Mormon) (ht: Democracy in America) and tune into a news network of your choice, including ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, C-SPAN2, &c. If you don’t have one of those old-fashioned things, go to C-SPAN Debate [...]

Lies, damn lies and statistics

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The New York Times has conducted a poll (hat tip: Democracy in America) on race in America. Its results? According to the accompanying article,
Americans’ perceptions of the fall presidential election between Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, and Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, also underlined the racial discord that the poll found. More than 80 [...]

McCain Discovers the 21st Century?!


Presidential Candindate John McCain has announced he has made a great leap forward for mandkind… he discovered… the internet.

Berlusconi endorses McCain

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The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, aged 71 years 8 months, has endorsed John McCain, aged 71 years 9 months. “I suppose I could express my own personal preference for one of the candidates, the Republican candidate,” Berlusconi said. “And this is for a very selfish reason, and that is that I would no longer [...]

Indecision 5768


Jon Stewart is hilarious, as usual.

Hat tip Lew Rockwell.

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